The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 18, 1914, Image 8
RANGERS PATROL BORDLR.
riFTKEN Vb U i: OFFICERS TO
COVER HOO MILES.
t.o\ Colquitt Order* Entin* Force
Out to IV?Me?i Otiten* From Cat
tlo 'Ihlove-*?l*rvvciit International
Complications.
Auatin. Texas, March 15.?The en?
tire force of Texas Hang?'*, totaling
St present 15 nu-unted inen was as?
signed to dut\ en the SOD miles of
Mexica'. border today with the ar?
rival of tWSJ rangers at Kuymonds
vtil?. Texas, in response to an appeal
from S3 persons there, for protection
against cattle thieves and marauders.
Along with news of the rangers'
disposition, Oov. i?. U. Colquitt made
public a lengthy list of the Texas bor?
der troubles on which his appeals for
more po\s*r to protect the boundary
have been based and which explain**
the nature of the rangers' activities.
These incidents show the rangers
as peace officers, not as an armed
power which might cause the United
States government embarrassment.
Many of these incidents are compara?
tively petty crimes, not included with?
in the scope of neutrality laws and
outside the police paths of United
fttates troupe on border patrol duty.
The records indicate that the rangers
sometimes stop crimes before it has
proceeded to the stage of internalonal
complications.
The timely arrest of a cattle or a
horse thief before be hus had time
to escape into Mexico has warded off
more serious consequences, such as
the killing of demente Vergara, tin
American, which grew out of horse'
Stealing. The records also indicate
that while many of the lawbreakers
have come across the international
line In raids from Mexico, some mls
ehief makers have been residents of
American territory In sections where
the Mexican population Is large and
have used Mexico as a refuge.
One source of extreme vexation has
been Inability during the pasi three
years to secure extradition of Any of j
these marauders, whether originally
from Texas or Mexico. Gov. Colquitt
today estimated that In this period
there hsve been 200 to 300 sue cases
1a which the State has made some
sort of attempt to get tho accused
.beck to Texas without success in a
single Instance.
The safe refuge offered in Mexico
has tended again to develop the old
tlme Western had man along the bor
dr.
The sending of rangers to Ray
mondsville was based on a petition as?
serting that "for the oust few months
cattle thieves have been depredating
and several murders have been com?
mitted. " With this petition, another
signed by 28 persons and making the
same charges, was made public to?
night from Texastlan. Texas. Hanger
Capt. J. H. Hughes, who brought t^ese
petitions to Austin three days ago
after a personal investigation, said
that an American named llowell had
been killed and that several Mexu an i.
names unknown, were also slain; the
killings were alleged to have grown
out of depredations by persons who
took refuge In Mexico and that IhS
petitioners believe more pollOS pro?
tection wtuhl allay tie troul.l. Kt -
mondavtll* and Sebastian are in the
Rrownsvllle section. near l.yford.
Texas, where rangers were fS)Ht Mar? b
1 In re?pon??? to an i. ppeal sixneil 1 y
47 persons. Fob petit on made the
charge of several killings and each is
believed to cover the saue- Incident*
mBWI OF MAYFSVILLK.
Ma\esville. March II,?The large
snd modern ginnery of R, J. Mayes,,
Jr. was destroyed by lire On Monday
afternoon shout I o'clock, Tins
building was built only last summer
and used just otu season. The ori?
gin of the tire Is unknown but it is
ruppoeed that someone must ha\I
been loitering around the premises
end dropped a cigarette stump or
n Steh. There had been no tire ah Nil
the place for seve ral weeks since the
v.inning season closed. Luckily, the
Wlllf was blowing in the right llroc
tion and none of the nearby build*
Ingl were in danger. Mr. Mayes will
rebuild on the same site.
The hauling of fertilihers seems to
he the order of the day and judging
by the quantities carried out of
town, there will be just as much used
this year as ever, if not more. All
farm work is retarded on account of
the wet weather but some of the
planters expect to plant cotton next
week provided the weather permits.
Tobacco barns are being built all
over the county und there will un?
doubtedly be a large acreage in the;
weed this season. The snow and cold
has not injured the young plants in
the beds according to all reports.
Miss Sallie Burgess of Clinton has'
been visiting relatives here for sever
ul days. returning to Clinton on
Wednesday.
Mr. LuetSB I. Strauss of Sumler
Uffll in town today on a business trip.
Miss Mamie Burgess of Sum merlon
is visiting relatives bete.
Mr. Charles Hembert, who is at?
tending u business college in Colum?
bia, spent the week-end with rela?
tives here.
Mrs. Adrian Miller and daughter
of Augusta. Uu., are on a visit to the
former's sister, Mrs. W. W. Gardner.
Messrs. Im I. Parrott and H. L.
Scarborough of Sumter were in town
last night attending the institution of
the Masonic lodge.
Mius Kmma Mayes, who is teaching
at Eastover, spent the week-end With
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. It.
Mayes.
Mrs. Steele and daughter, Miss
Hosa, of Yorkville, who have been
visiting Mrs. Minnie Chandler, have
returned h< me.
t .iNT DKNV IT.
If llils Had ll.tpiH-ncd Elsewhere In?
stead of Stunt er You Might Doubt
It.
The average man is a d> obter. This
is not surprising?the public have
been humbugged so frequently they
nre skeptical. Proof like the follow?
ing will stiind investigation. It can?
not be disputed.
C. H. James, salesman, 304 Coun?
cil St., Sumter, ft C.| says: I had kid?
ney trouble and the kidney s ecretions
caused me much annoyance jy pas- -
Ing too frequer tly. Backaches and
sharp pains across my loins kept me
in misery and I couldn't rest well, in
the morning when I got up, my back
was so lame and sore that I could
hardly straighteti. If I got Up quickly
after sitting. sharp twinges datted
through me. A friend told me about
Doan's Kidney Pills. They removed
the trouble ami made my kidneys nor?
mal. 1 willingly Confirm my former
endorsement of Doan's Kidney Tills
given some years ago, for they made
a permanent cure."
Price 50c. at till dealers. Don't
?Imply ask for a kidney remedy?gel
Donn'S Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Janus bad. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffslo, x. v.- 4r,
TESTING SEED CORN.
ANY FARMER C AN MAKE OWN
U ERMI NATION TESTS.
l ull Explanation of How to Make
Tests at No BlpeilM and in Short
Time?Hrings Larger Yields.
Clemson College, March 16??Every
farmer In South Carolina who plants
r.orn should begin selecting his seed
for planting at once, is the advice of
Prof. W. L, Hutchinson, of Clem
son College. Prof. Hutchinson urges
every fanner to make a germination
test of his seed, which numerous ex?
periments have proved beyond a
doubt will result in a large Increase
In yield, An ear-to-row test with
seed that has been tested for germi?
nating powers will be sure to pay a
farmer handsomely in future crops,
but even if he makes only the germi?
nation test this year, he is likely to
have his yield increased from five to
ten bushels an acre, at least. The
test is so simple and requires so lit?
tle time In proportion to result that
there is no farmer in the State wtu?
cannot make it.
The average farmer In this State
selects his planting ears by sight
alone, picking out the ears which ap?
pear sound. Unless he is an ex?
pert and has had training in corn
judging, this method is not of great
value to him. What he should do is
to select his best looking ears and
then put these through a germination
test.
After selecting the best looking
ears, arrange thein side by side on
planks, driving a tenpenny nail after
?.very tenth ear. The cars should
then be left until after the germina?
tion test is completed, except when
thep are taken out one by one for the
purpose of getting kernels from them.
One of the simplest and best meth?
ods of testing || the use of a sawdust
box. Use a box about two feet squaro
and four inches eleep. Kill the box to
within an inch and a half of the top
with sawdust, well packed. Select a
piece of white cloth a little larger
than the box and mark this off In two
inch squares with a pencil, numbering
enough of the squares to tell the num?
ber of uny of them without trouble.
I'y leaving outside rows vacant all
around the box, there will be about
one hundred squares. Tack the
cloth inside the box no that it rests
(Irmly and smoothly over the saw?
dust.
With the box near at hand, take
the ears from the plank one by one.
Select from each ear six kernels, tak?
ing them from different parts of the
ear and no two fre>m the same row.
Place the six kernels from ear No 1,
in square No, l on the cloth, ;?nd so
On with all the ears. Kernels Sthould
be laid with the germ side up. Put
each back In its place on the plank.
When each square in the box, ex?
cept those in the otuslde rows, con?
tains its six kernels, sprinkle water
into the box until the corn and saw
dUSt are thoroughly moistened, tak?
ing care not to disturb the kernel.
Then place a dry white cloth careful?
ly ov< r the kerm is and another
cloth on top of this one. Finally, cov?
er the top cloth with sawdUSt until
t he bos is level full.
Keep the box in a fairly warm
room, having it undisturbed for se?
ven days. Then catch tho ends of the
top cloth and raise the cloth careful?
ly from the box. This will take off the
t??p layer of sawdust without disturb"
mg the corn. Raise the second cloth.
Still using great care, and it is then
Wanted!
Laborers to work in Planing Mill,
Lumber Shed and Lumber Yards at
Alcolu. Good wages to good men.
Apply to Jeff Barfield, Jim Graham,
W. E. Hodge, or to
R. J. Alderman, Gen. Mgr.,
D. W. Alderman & Son.
possible to read the tests. See whic h I
kernels have germinated well and
which have germinated poorly, if
square No. 1?> shows poor germina?
tion, go to your plank and take out
ear No. 1G, throwing it into the feed
pile. Do this with eac h ear a hose
kernels show poor germinating pow?
ers. TY i ears left on your plank will
then he good ones and you are ready
lor your planting. It' you do not so
cure a good crop you can feel certain
that it was not th<- fault of the seed.
Use one box for every one hun?
dred cars. If desired, however, a
larger box may he used. But that
described above is the most conven
U nt size to handle and should satis?
fy the needs of the average farmer.
The Lime to make this test is real?
ly in winter, when the ears which
turn out well are stored for planting ,
in spring. However, if it was not done .
in winter, there is still ample time to
make the test now, and the farmer
Who makes it has the unanimous
opinion of all the experts that it will ,
bring him rich profits.
.Seldom has a development of great?
er potential benefit to this city and
county been undertaken than the pro?
posed independent railroad from
Sumter to BhilOh and Olanta, of which
preliminary survey is now being pro
I moted by a committee of the Cham
I her of Commerce. The first thing
1 necest-ary to be done is to raise about
$1,000 to pay for the preliminary sur
very, and it is confidently expected
that the money will be contributed by
fifty or sixty enterprising business
men who *have the foresight to see
that an investment of $20 eac h in this
enterprise will be profitable to them
individually and to the community. A
railroad to Bhiloh would turn many
. thousand dollars of trade to Sumter
that now goes elsewhere and would
develop ono of the finest sections in
the State.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, of Berryvllle,
Va., is visiting the family of Mr. J.
P. Jenkins.
BATTLE AT TORREOH. |
FEDERALS CLAIM A SWEEPING
VICTORY.
HiierUi Official* Make Official An
noiuicemciit Predicting Early Over?
throw of Rebel Power.
Mexico City, March ?Govern
mcnt officials today made public the
following announcement: " The gov?
ernment army has won a sweeping
i
victory over the rebels m the vicinity
of Torreon. Sen. Ilucrta's troops will
soon drive the rebels from powei und
restore peace throughout the repub
lie
Battle Still Continues.
City Chihuahua, March 16.?A des?
perate battle between constitutional?
ists and federals has been raging near!
Hernie Jlllo for twenty-four hours.
A federal troop train was blown up ?
by dynamite. It is reported that two
hundred were killed on the train.
Wire reports are strictly censored but)
it is rumored that the constitution-!
allots have gotten the worst of the;
lighting thus far, but that the bat?
tle is continuing today with unabat?
ed fury.
?WOVON T DO," SAYS VAIL.
President of American Telephone and
Telegraph Co., Says Unde Sam
Couldn't Adequately Handle the
Business.
New York. March 16.?That gov?
ernment ownership of telegraph and
telephone lines would be a disastrous
experiment is the warning sounded
by President Theo Vail of the Amer?
ican Telephone and Telegraph Co.. in
his annual report published today.1
' The experiment would be disastrous!
principally because- the average post?
master is not fitted by experience or
training for telegraph or telephone
business .and in many cases this bus?
iness would be secondary to their
grocery, drygoods, or notions?their
principal business," Mr. Vail says.
YD .MHO KILLS HUNDREDS
SOTIIER TERRIBLE OUTBREAK
IN JAPAN.
Allowing Seven; Ea it Inj mike Volcano
Pours Oat Hood of Lava Destroy?
ing Villages Hound About?Eight
Hundred Perish and Thousands
Left Elosndess,
Tokio, March if;.?Following a
severe earthquake the volcano Asama
Yamab is belching forth lava streams
today, burning and destroying Vil?
lages for miles around. The govern?
ment today estimates that eight han
dred have been killed and thousands
of others are homeless. Earth trem?
ors arc continous today.
Stafford-Boykin.
< hi Saturday afternoon Miss Rosine
Stafford, the daughter of Mr. F. B.
Stafford of Dalzell, became the bride
of Mr. H. L. Boykln of Bishopville,
the ceremony being performed by the
Judge of Probate, T. E. Richardson,
in his office immediately after the li
( ense had been issued.
The bride and groom both have
many friends In Sumter and Lee
counties who wish them much happi?
ness.
How's Tills?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re?
ward for any case of Catarrh that
lunnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
m all tiustness transactions and fi?
nancially able to carry out any obli?
gation made by his firm.
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in?
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surface of the
system. Test.monlals sent free.
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Drugists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con?
stipation.
See them on our counter.
Every Woman ?whatever her size or age?ought to see these new
styles. If you have not seen them, this is for you?do not wait; pick your
style now?shape your figure in natural lines, for your Spring and Summer
Gowns will look so much better if fitted over a new Warner.
NOW ? WOrd about the new Warner Corsets. Simple, pliant, elegant
and durable. Long or short skirts, medium low or topless?esch corset is a
perfect example of corset designing and making.
There IS the same sweeping guarantee with every corset?made to
shape fashionably, to wear?not to rust, break or tear. This regardless of
the model boned or boneless?it may se?m to be boneless; nevertheless it
will shape, it will support the form, it will wear.
TRY IT-TEST IT?AND YOU WILL APPROVE OF IT
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED?SI.00 to $5.00
A new showing of Spring Suits and Dresses this week.
McCOLLUM BROTHERS,
The Store That Gives Cash for Premiums. **nf